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be_v undo_v because_o a_o man_n of_o unclean_a lip_n isa_n 6._o 4_o 5._o and_o the_o church_n isaiah_n 64._o 6._o profess_v they_o be_v as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n paul_n a_o elect_a vessel_n a_o man_n of_o singular_a revelation_n yet_o lament_v that_o in_o he_o dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n rom._n 7._o 18._o that_o he_o be_v carnal_a and_o sell_v under_o sin_n ver_fw-la 14._o and_o when_o he_o will_v do_v good_a evil_n be_v present_a with_o he_o ver_fw-la 21._o second_o here_o be_v comfort_n that_o their_o corruption_n in_o they_o shall_v not_o break_v their_o covenant_n relation_n to_o god_n psal_n 89._o 30._o to_o 35._o there_o can_v be_v no_o forfeiture_n of_o this_o promise_n i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n thy_o lie_n can_v make_v god_n untrue_a rom._n 3._o 3._o 4._o thy_o evil_a eye_n can_v make_v his_o eye_n evil_a too_o matth._n 20._o 15._o thy_o wicked_a thought_n can_v alter_v his_o gracious_a thought_n isa_n 55._o 8._o 9_o thy_o 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